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Regarded as one of the great master builders of the 20th Century, Louis Kahn (20/2/1901-17/3/1974) was one of America’s most influential modernist architects. With complex spatial compositions and a choreographic mastery of light, Kahn created buildings of archaic beauty and powerful universal symbolism. His uniqueness lies in his synthesis of …
The Finnish Architect, City Planner and Furniture Designer Alvar Aalto, in full Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3/2/1898-11/5/1976), was one of Finland’s greatest …
The Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, also called B.V. Doshi, (26/8/1937-24/1/2023), is the first from that country to be awarded the prestigious …
The Brazilian architect Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer (15/12/1907-5/12/2012), was universally regarded as the very last …
Lina Bo Bardi (5/12/1914-20/3/1992) was an Italian-born Brazilian architect, furniture designer, set designer, and journalist whose work combines a Modernist sensitivity with …
The Danish Architect Lene Tranberg was born in Copenhagen on 29/11/1956. In 1977, she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of …
Terunobu Fujimori (21/11/1946- ) is a Japanese architect and leading historian of modern Japanese architecture acknowledged for his shift from traditional techniques. …
“The reason that I am interested about Architecture is the possibility that offers to work in different places, projects and scales. …
“Architecture as mountains” is how the Chinese architect, Wang Shu (4/11/1963- ) describes his design for the Ningbo Historic Museum. His buildings …
The Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, born in Bagdad (31/10/1950-31/3/2016) is a representative of the school of deconstruction. She read mathematics at the …
Kazuyo Sejima (29/10/56- ) was born in Japan and after studying at Japan Women’s University and working at the office of Toyo …
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (25/10/1928-23/5/2021) is one of Brazil’s greatest architects and urbanists. Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo , Mendes da Rocha …
At the age of 49, Richard Meier (12/10/1934- ), was the youngest architect to receive his profession’s highest accolade, the Pritzker Architecture …
Formulated in 1926, Le Corbusier’s (6/10/1887-27/8/1965), “Five Points of a New Architecture” spearheaded the modernist architectural movement of the 20th century. As …
Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (2/10/1974- ) is a Danish architect known for buildings that defy traditional architectural conventions and dimensions, ranging from representations …
Jan Gehl (17/9/1936- ) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen, whose career has focused on improving the …
Can a self-taught architect win the Nobel of Architecture? Tadao Ando (13/9/1941- ) won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1994. He …
Fumihiko Maki (6/9/1928-6/6/2024) calls himself a modernist, unequivocally. His buildings tend to be direct, at times understated, and made of metal, concrete …
As one of the eldest in a long line of architects that have made Japan one of the most revered countries in …
The Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn (14/8/1924-23/2/2009) is recognized in Europe as one of Norway’s most gifted architects and is categorized by most …
Making a tour in Paris nobody can ignore the French architect Jean Nouvel (12/8/1945- ), since he has designed and implemented three …
Whether built, written or drawn, the work of renowned architect, theorist and educator Peter Eisenman (11/8/1932- ) known for his radical designs …
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo (5/8/1957- ), known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes …
